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(1) [If] on the 14th day the moon and sun [are seen together]: reliable speech; the land will become happy; [the gods] will remember [Akkad] favorably; joy [among the troops]; the king will reach the highest rank; the cattle of [Akkad wi]ll lie in the steppe undisturbed. (6) If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. (8) I.e., on the 14th day each [month one god] will [be seen with the other]. (r 1) (The moon) came into opposition with [the sun] on the appropriate day, and [its] position is equal (to the sun's) portending a reign of long days, (an…
Astronomy & Mathematics
(1) If on the 15th day the moon and sun are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the city gate. (5) If the moon becomes late and is not seen: attack of a ruling city. — On the 15th day it is seen together with the sun. (r 1) If the train of a meteor goes from east to west: rout; the enemy will defeat me and take the land. (r 5) Iyyar (II), Sivan (III), Tammuz (IV), Ab (V), Elul (VI): (for) these five months one god was not seen with the other on the 14th day. The king should know it and be informed. (r 9) From Rašil the older, servant…